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lym o i Q n Q WIT/M8859 bl l ALFRED ROESCH, 0F BROOKLYN, YORK, ASSIGNOB. TO CHARLES J'. TAGLIABUJE MANUFACTURING C0., 015 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YURK.

TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLING DEVICE.

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Application filed May 6, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED RoEsoH, a-

citizen of the United States, resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temperature-Controlling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to temperature controlling devices and more particularly to thermostatic temperature controlling devices and has for its object to control with a single controlling device a plurality of heat producing mediums for heating any given element or place. Heretofore separate controlling devices have been employed for controlling each heating medium and great difiiculty has been encountered in adjusting such separate devices to secure a proper cooperation therebetween at the desired temperatures. This difliculty is occasioned by the fact that each controlling device must be connected at different points with the element or place at which the temperature is to be regulated, so that said devices would, in nearly all cases, be subject to or working under different conditions, thus making it almost impossible to secure the desired and accurate cooperation between the different devices. The particular obj eet of my invention is to overcome these serious objections and difficulties by means of a simple and inexpensive construction which is absolutely reliable in action and which may be conveniently used in connection for instance with manufacturing processes, Where it is essential to change the controlling points often. A still further object of my improvement is to provide a device of the character indicated which will perform its functions of controlling several heating mediums with any desired number of degrees of temperature intervening between each operation. My invent-ion'will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the aecompanying drawings which by way of example illustrate two applications of my improvement and in which Figure 1 represents a diagrammatic view.- partly, in section of my invention applied to a hot water tank and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my improvement Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1121,

Serial No. 765,737..

arranged for connection with a calender roll, used for instance in rubber mills or the like.

Referring more particularly to Fig. l of the drawings, 5 represents the hot water tank which may be of any suitable construction and which is preferably provided interiorly with two heating coils, one of which may be connected by means of a pipe 6 for instance with the exhaust of an engine, and the other of which may be connected by means of a pipe 7 for instance with a boiler or other source of high pressure or live steam. A third pipe 8 may be connected with the tank 5 for the purpose of conducting the hot water to the heating radiators or other places where it is to be used. A valve 9 controls the pipe 6v and has its stem 10 connected with a suitable diaphragm located in a diaphragm chamber 11 which latter communicates with a valve block or the like 12 through the medium of a tube 13. A spring 14.- surrounds the stem 10 and serves to maintain and return the valve 9 in and to its open position whereby the exhaust steam may freely pass through the plpe 6 to the coil in the interior of the tank 5 with which it is connected. The valve block 12 is provided with a passage 15 having valve seats 16 and 17 located at opposite sides thereof, a channel 18 connecting the tube 13 with the passage 15 at a point above the valve seat 16 as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The outer end of the passage 15 at which the valve seat 17 is located communicates with the atmosphere while its inner end, at which the valve seat 16 is located, communicates with a valve chamber '19. Valves 20 and 21 cooperate respectively with the valve seats 16 and 17 and are connected to move in unison by means of a rod 22- which extends axially through the passage 15 and beyond the valve 17 for the purpose to be more fully described hereinafter. It is to be understood that the rod 22 is of smaller diameter than the passage 15 whereby an annular space is formed about said rod, and further that the positions of the valves 20 and 21 on the rod 22 are such that said valves will work oppositely, or in other words, one will be open or removed from its seat when the other is closed or in contact with its seat. channel 23 in the valve block 12 connects the valve chamber 19 with a tube 24 which in turn is connected with a source of preferably compressed air or other gas in any suitable way as for instance by means of a pipe 25, the tube 24 preferably having its one end secured in said block 12. If desired the valve chamber 19 may be closed or sealed by means of a plug 26 which may be removed to make the interior of said valve chamber 19 accessible for any purpose. The valve block 12 may form part of or be removably secured in any suitable manner to a support 27 which latter preferably is provided with a standard 28 through the medium of which the support 27 may be secured in any desired position or location. In the drawings the valve block 12 is formed with a screw-threaded neck 29 which extends through an opening 30 in the support 27 and serves to accommodate a nut 31 whereby said valve block 12 is rigidly secured upon said support 27. V

The pipe 7 is controlled by means of a valve 9 similar to the valve 9 and having its stem 10 similarly connected with a diaphragm located in a diaphragm chamber 1.1 connected with a valve block 12 for instance by means of a tube 13. A spring 14 also surrounds the stem 10 and in the same manner as the spring 14 serves to maintain and return the valve 9 in and to its open position, whereby under certain conditions of the device to be more fully explained hereinafter, live steam is admitted to the coil within the tank 5 with which the pipe 7 is connected. The valve block 12 is carried by the support 27 and as shown is an integral part thereof although if desired, the said valve block 12 may be constructed and detachably secured to said support in the same manner as is the block 12. It will also beapparent that the block 12 may be constructed as an integral part of thesupport 27 in the same way as is the block 12 should this be found desirable. The valve block 12 is constructed with a channel 18 which connects the tube 13 with a valve chamber 19 in said valve block 12, said chamber being connected by means of a channel 23 with a tube 24*, the latter in turn communicating with the pipe 25 or being in any other manner connected with a source of preferably compressed air or other gas. A screw plug 32 preferably screws into the support 27 and extends into the valve chamber 19*, the lower end of said plug 32 being preferably formed with a valve seat 16 located at the end of a passage 15 extending through the plug 32 and connecting said valve chamber 19 with the atmosphere. A valve 20 eoiiperates with the seat 16 and is carried by astem 22*, which extends lengthwise of the passage 15 and beyond the plug 32 for the. purpose to be more fully described hereinafter. The

- support 27 is provided with preferably integral and upright lugs 33 on which a lever 34 is pivoted at. 35, said lever extending in opposite directions from said pivot with its opposite ends 311 and 3% over the free ends of the rods 22 and 22 respectively. This lever 31 at an intermediate point carries a preferably screw-threaded adjustable projection 36 the one end of which engages a diaphragm 37 located in or closing a dia phragm chamber 38 which latter is connected by means of a tube 39 with a bulb 4:0 suitably secured in position so as to extend into the interior of the tank 5, the said bulb 10 being partially or entirely filled with a suitable liquid or gaseous fluid which is susceptible to changes in temperature, the said bulb comprising what might be termed a sensitive member. The lever 34 further carries a scale plate 41 suitably graduated to indicate degrees of temperature and which cooperates with a pointer 12 secured to the projection 36 whereby the apparatus may be set.

to operate at predetermined temperatures, the projection 36 being preferably provided with an angular head 43 for accommodating a suitable key or other instrument by means of which the adjustment of the said projection and consequently the device may be facilitated. A spring 44 has its one end in engagement with the support 27 and preferably surrounds a pin 45 thereon and has its other end abutting against a screw 46 located on the lever 34, the said spring 44 serving to maintain the end of the projection always in contact with the diaphragm .37. By manipulating the screw 46 the tension of the spring 44: may be properly adjusted. If desired a cover 417 having a transparent portion 48 may be secured upon the supoprt 27 so as to protect the otherwise exposed parts of the thermostatic controller, a suitable opening 49 being in this case provided in the transparent portion 48 for permitting access to the angular head 43 of the projection 36.

In order that the number of degrees of temperature between the successive control of the 1 10 heating mediums may be varied, I prefer to provide the level-.34 with an adjustable screw 50 adapted to be moved toward and away from the stem 22 as shown in the drawings.

By adjusting this screw 50 the opposite end of the lever34t is brought nearer to or farther away from the stem 22, and the degrees between the operation of the valves 20 and 2O thus increased or diminished.

With the parts in the position shown in the drawing the valve 9 is open and the exhaust steam may freely pass through the pipe 6 into its coil in the-tank 5 and the valve 9 is closed so that live or high pressure steam does not reach the interior of said tank. This condition of the apparatus is due to the fact that the valve 20 is in engagement with the seat 16 and thus closed while the valve 21 is removed from the seat 17 and open, so that the tube 13 is open to aavoaaa the atmosphere through the channel 18 and passage 15 and is cut off from communication with the tube 24 and pipe 25 and consequently from the source of compressed air' or other gas. Under" these conditions the spring 14: will maintain the valve 9 in its open position. At the same time owing to the fact that the valve 20 is in engagen'ient with its seat 16" the tube 13 is cut ofi from the atmosphere and is in communication with the pipe 25 and source of compressed air or other gas through the channel 15, valve chamber 19*, channel 23, and tube 24?. The said compressed air or gas thus passes through the tube 13 into the diaphragm chamber 11 and depresses the diaphragm therein and closes and maintains closed the valve 9 against the tension of its spring 14 If the temperature in the tank begins to drop the pressure beneath the diaphragm 37 will be relieved owing to the fact that the liquid or gaseous fluid in the bulb 4:0 and the tube 39 begins to return toward its initial conditions, which will cause said diaphragm 37 to return toward its normal position. The projection 36 will follow the diaphragm 37 in its movement and will cause a movement of the lever 34: on its pivot 35 partly by gravity and partly under the influence of the spring 44:, an operation which will move the end 34 of the lever 34 away from the rod 22 and the end 34: of said lever toward the rod 22. A continued drop in the temperature in the tank 5 will cause a continuation of the movement of the diaphragm 37 and lever 3a, the end 34 of which will finally engage and depress the rod 22? and thus move the valve 20 away from its seat 16 against the air or gas pressure in the chamber 19 and over the end of the passage 23 to close the lat: ter. By this means the tube 13 is thrown into communication with the atmosphere through the channel 18, valve chamber 19 and passage 15 and the pressure of the compressed air or gas is removed from the diaphragm in the chamber 11 which being thus relieved no longer overcomes the tension of the spring, and the latter is accordingly free to move the valve 9 to an open position. In this condition of the parts live or high pressure steam is admitted to the interior of the tank 5 in addition to the exhaust steam which is still passing into said tank through the tube 13. This will cause the temperature in the tank 5 to begin to rise and the liquid or gaseous fluid in the bulb 40 andtube 39 to expand and again exert a pressure beneath the diaphragm 37. which is thus again raised and consequently lifts the projections 36. By this means the lever 34: is swung in the reverse direction on its pivot 35 so as to cause the end 34 to remove its pressure from the rod 22 and finally to release the same entirely and the end 34* to move toward the rod 22. As soon as the rod 22* has been released from the influence of the lever 31, the compressed air or gas in the channel 23 and the tube 24* will raise the valve 20 from the end of the channel 23 and into contact with the seat 16. This will cut off the tube 13 from the atmosphere and will connect it with the source of compressed air or other gas, which will thus again pass through the tube 245*, channel 23, chamber 19*, channel 18 and tube 13 into the diaphragm chamber 11. The diaphragm in said chamber 11*"- will therefore again be pressed inward and the valve 9 closed against the tension of the spring 1%, and the flow of live or high pressure steam to the tank 5 consequently cut off. If after the high pressure or live steam has been cut off the temperature for any reason still continues to rise, the lever 34: will be swung still farther on the pivot 35 owing to the continued pressure of the diaphragm 37 on the projection 36 and its end 3% finally caused to move or press the rod 22 in the direction of its length. This operation will move the valve 21 to its seat 17 and close said valve and at the same time will move the valve 20 away from its seat 16 and open said valve, thus disconnecting the tube 13 from the atmosphere and bringing it into communication with the source of compressed air or gas through the tube 2-1, chamber 19, passage 15, and channel 16. This compressed air or gas will in consequence pass through the tube 13 and into the chamber 11 and will move the diaphragm therein inwardly and in consequence close the valve 9 against the tension of the spring 14. so that in this way the flow of exhaust steam to the tank 5 is also cut ofl. \Vhen the temperature begins to drop owing to the fact that no steam of any kind is entering the tank 5 the end 34 of the lever 34 will be moved in a direction away from the rod 22 so that finally the compressed air or gas will move the valve 20 into engagement with its seat 16 and the valve 21 away from its seat 17 and thus restore the parts to the condition shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. Should the ten'iperature in the tank rise above predetermined points when the parts are as illustrated in Fig. 1 then the lever 34 will at once be operated as last described and its end 31 caused to operate the valves 20 and 21 in the manner set forth to interrupt the flow of exhaust steam to the tank 5. It is to be understood that the valves 20 and 21v and the valve 20" are maintained in the positions shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings by the pressure of the compressed air or gas in the chambers 19 and 19 respectively.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 2 of the drawings 51 represents a conduit or pipe which is connected at one end for instance with the exhaust of an engine and at its end communicates for instance with the interior of a calender roll of any type for instance such as used in rubber mills, whereby exhaust steam is conducted to the said rolls through the pipe 51 to heat the same. An exhaust pipe 52 is connected with the pipe 51 and connnunicates with the atmosphere, while another pipe 53 connects the pipe 51 with a boiler or other source of live or high pressure steam, the pipe 53 communicating with the pipe 51 at a point beyond the connection with the exhaust pipe 52.

A valve 9 similar to the valves 9 and 9 controls the exhaust pipe 52 and similarly has its stem l0 connected with a diaphragm located in a diaphragm chamber 11, the said chamber being connected with a valve block 12 through the medium of a tube 13. A spring 14 preferably surrounds the stem 10 and serves to return the valve 9 to and maintain it in its open position under certain conditions of the apparatus as will appear more clearly hereinafter. A similar valve 9 controls the pipe 58 and also has its stem 10 connected with a diaphragm in the diaphragm chamber 11 which latter is also connected by means of tube 13 with a valve block 12, a spring 14 being also provided for returning and maintaining the valve 9 to and in its open position at certain times. The two valve blocks may be similar in construction to either of the valve blocks shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and are similarly carried by a support 27. Thus each valve is provided with a valve chamber 19 and 19 respectively, which chambers communicate with the tubes 13 and 13 by means of channels 18 and 18 respectively. Channels 23 and 23 lead from said valve chambers 19 and 19 to tubes 24 and 24 which in turn are connected in any suitable manner as for instance by means of the pipe 25 with a source of compressed air or other gas. Each valve block 12 and 12 is further provided with a screw-threaded plug 32 having an axial passage 15 and 15 extending therethrough, said channels communicating at their outer ends with the atmosphere and at their inner ends with the valve chambers 19 and 19, valve seats 16 and 16 similar to the valve seat 16 being located at the inner end of each passage 15 and 15. Valves 20 and 20 are located in the chambers 19 and 19 and are connected with rods 22 and 22 extending through and beyond the passages 15 and 15 respectively, the said rods being smaller in dlameter than the said passages in the same way as in Fig. 1. The remaining'parts of the device or apparatus may be the same as in the first form of my improvement.

With the parts in the condition illustrated in Fig. 2 the compressed air or other gas entering the chambers 19 and 19 will maintain the valves 20 and 20 against the seals 10 and 16 so that said compressed air or other gas passes from the tubes 24 and 24 through channels 23 and 23 into the chambers 19 and 19, and thence through the channels 18 and 18 and tubes 13" and 13 to the diaphragm chambers 11 and 11. The diaphragms in said chambers 11 and 11 will thus be under pressure and will in consequence maintain the valves 9 and 9" in closed condition against the tension of the springs 14 and 14 so that the exhaust pipe 52 is closed and no live or high pressure steam can reach the pipe 51. Under these circumstances exhaust steam will pass through the pipe 51 to the calender roll and in its passage will contact with the bulb or sensitive member 40 which in this form of my invention extends into the pipe 51 and thus into the path of the exhaust steam. The position of said bulb 40 further is such that it will also be in the path 01' the live or high pressure steam when the valve 9 is open as will be hereinafter more fully brought out.

If the temperature begins to fall the diaphragm 37 will move downwardly and thus permit the projection 36 to drop, which will cause the lever 34 to swing on its pivot 35 in the same manner as in Fig. 1. As the temperature continues to fall the end 34. of the said lever will finally engage and depress the rod 22 and in consequence will move the valve 20 away from the seat 16 and over the end of the channel 23 to close the latter. By this means the tube 13 will be cut off from the source of compressed air or other gas and will be thrown into communication with the atmosphere, thus relieving the diaphragm in the chamber 11 from pressure and permitting the spring 14 to open the valve 9 and live or high pressure steam to enter the pipe 51 through the pipe 53. As the temperature begins to rise again the lever 34 will be swung on its pivot 35 in the reverse direction, whereby the end 34 will be moved away from the rod 22 and the valve 20 will be returned to its seat 16 by the pressure of the air or other gas in the chamber 19. The tube 13 will thus again be out 01f from the atmosphere and again connected with the source of compressed air or other gas which will again depress the diaphragm in the chamber 11 and thus again close the valve 9 against the tension of the spring 14 and shut oil the flow of live steam to the pipe 51. Should the temperature continue to rise from any cause even after the high pressure steam has been cut off then the diaphragm 37 will continue to swing the lever 34 and will cause its end 34 to depress the rod 22 and thus move the valve 20 away from the seat 16,

I and over the end of the channel 23* to close the latter. In this manner the tube 13 is disconnected from the source of compressed on the diaphragm in the chamber 11 is removed and the valve 9 is opened through the medium of the spring 14*. The pipe 51 is thus opened to the atmosphere through the exhaust pipe 52 so that a portion at least of the exhaust steam passes out through the exhaust pipe 52 and consequently does not reach the roll. In consequence the temperature at the bulb 40 will begin to drop and the lever 34: will return to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the valve 20 will be moved back to the seat 16 by the pressure of the air or gas in the chamber 19". The compressed air or other gas now again passes through the tube 18* and depresses the diaphragm in the chamber 11 and again closes the valve 9 and thus disconnects the pipe 51 from communication with the atmosphere. Under these conditions the parts will again be in the position shown in Fig. 2 and all of the exhaust steam will pass through the pipe 51 and to the calender roll.

Should the temperature rise when the parts are as shown in Fig. 2 the lever 34 will be rocked and its end 34: caused to immediately depress the rod 22 to operate the various parts and cause the valve 9 to be opened as last described above.

It will be seen that with my invention I overcome by means of a very simple efficient and inexpensive device all of the difliculties heretofore experienced in the art to which this application pertains. In the first place, having but one thermostatic member, its various functions will always be. performed successively and in unison at the tempera tures at which they are intended to be performed. In the second place, the controller can be adjusted to perform the various functions with any number of degrees intervening between them and the relation between the various functions will always remain the same at any temperature settings.

The invention may be used in many ways as for instance as shown in Fig. 2 for controlling the temperature of a hot water tank, which as stated is supplied with two heating coils, one coil connected with the exhaust steam, from an engine, and the other coil with high pressure steam. In this instance the object is to use all the exhaust steam from the engine, but when this is not sufficient to keep up the desired temperature of the water in the tank to allow just enough high pressure steam to pass into the other coil to maintain the temperature of the water at the desired degree.

As shown in Fig. 2 another instance where the present invention may be advantageously applied is to a calender roll, used for instance in rubber mills. It is to be understood that these are only examples of the use to which my improvement may be put and that the same may be utilized in many other ways.

In large dry rooms it is essential to have a large heating surface in order to bring the temperature of theroom up to the desired temperature quickly, and when this temperature has been reached, to make it necessary to use only a small portion of the heating surface to maintain the temperature at a substantially fixed point. It is impossible to get any satisfactory control with a single-function controller, for the reason, that, although the controller shuts ed the steam at the temperature for which it is set,

the heat--radiating from so large a surface I will raise the temperature many degrees above the desired temperature. This also causes an unnecessary waste of steam.

With my two-function controllers I get perfect control and-eliminate the waste of steam, by dividing the heating coils into two properly proportioned sections and using all-the coils to bring the dry room up to within a few degrees of the desired temperature, then shutting off the large section of the heating coil and using the smaller section to keep up the desired temperature. It is to be understood that the mechanism which controls the valves for turning on or shutting off the heating mediums may be of any type as long as the same is controlled by a single sensitive member and controls all of the valves.

Various changes in the specific form shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described the combination of an element to be heated, a plurality of means for heating same, independent fluid operated means for controlling each of said heating means, a sensitive member adapted to be aflected by the temperature of said element and an actuating device common to all of said controlling means and connected directly with said sensitive member so as to be directly operated thereby.

2. In a device of the character described the combination of an element to be heated, a plurality of means for heating same, inde pendent fluid operated means for controlling each of said heating means, a sensitive member adapted to be afi'ected by the temperature of said element and an actuatingdevice common to all of said controlling means and connected directly with said sensitive member to successively and directly actuate each controlling means.

3. In a device of the character described the combination of an element to be heated, a plurality of means for heating sa 1e, independent fluid operated means for controlling each of said heating means, a sensitive member adapted to be affected by the temperature of said element and an actuating lever common to all of said cOntIOlling means and directly connected with said sensitive member so as to be directly operated thereby.

4. In a device of the character described the combination of an element to be heated, a plurality of heating mediums for heating same, independent valves for controlling the flow of each heating medium, fluid operated means for actuating said valves, a sensitive member adapted to be affected by the temperature of said element, and a pivoted actuating lever common to all of said valves and directly connected with said sensitive member so as to be directly operated thereby.

5. In a device of the character described the combination of an element to be heated, a plurality of pipes for conducting a plurality of heating mediums to said element, a Valve in each of said pipes for controlling tge flow of said heating mediums theret rough, additional fluid operated valves for controlling the valves in said pipes, a sensitive member arranged to be affected by the temperature of said element and a single movable lever directly connected with said sensitive member and arranged to be directly actuated thereby to operate said additional valves whereby the valves in said pipes are operated.

6. in a device of the character described, the combination of a tank arranged to be heated, a connection from said tank to a source of heat supply, a second connection from said tank to another source of heat supply, a valve in each of said connections, additional valves, connections from said adscribing witnesses.

ditional valves to each of said first named valves, a single lever adapted to actuate each of said additional valves whereby said first named valves are oaerated and a sensitive member adapted to e affected by the temperature of said tank and to actuate said lever.

7. In a device of the character described the combination of an element to be heated, a plurality of means for heatingsamc, independent mcans for controlling each of said heating means, a sensitive member adapted to be aifected by the temperature of said element, an actuating device operated by said sensitive member to successively actuate said controlling means and an adjustable means whereby the number of degrees between successive controlling operations may be varied.

8. In a device of the character described the combination of an element to be heated, a plurality of pipes for conducting a plurality of heating mediums to said element. a valve in each of said pipes forcontrolling the flow of said heating mediums therethrough, independent fluid operated means for controlling each of said valves, a sensitive member arranged to be affected by the temperature of said element, and an actuating device common to all of said controlling means and directly connected with said sensitive member so as to be directly operated thereby.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two sub- ALFRED ROESCH. Witnesses:

JOHN A. Knnnnnnncn,

GEORGE DU BoN. 

